Ventilating blind



Nov. 20 1923.

J. H. woon VENTILATING BLIND Filed Feb. 27. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IIHMWZ[NVENTOR ATTORNEY 'WITNESS:

Patented ev. 20, 1923.

[ST-ABS JOE H. WOOD, OF WADESBORO, LOUISANA.

VENTILATING BLIND.

Application filed February 27, 1922. Serial No. 539509.

Improvements in Ventilating Blinds, of

which the following is a specification.

M present invention has reference to a windbw attachment and is in thenature of a blind which may be arranged to not only serve as anobstruction of vision or light, but which is also designed to properlydirect currents of air through the window casing on which it isattached.

A further object is to produce a ventilating blind for window casingsthat comprises a flat plate or body supported on a bracket Secureddirectly below the window sill in a manner which permits of the saidplate or body being arranged horizontally on the bracket to serve as ashelf or table, to arrange the plate or body in a vertical position withrespect to the window casing, to arrange the late orbody at an inwardinclination wthrespect to the casing, and also to arrange the plate orbody at. di'erent vertical angles with respect `to the window casing,whereby currents of air passing in.

either direction will be deflected and directedi by contact with thesaidplate or body into the room from either side of the window casingThe foregong, and other objects which will appear as the nature of theinvention 'is better understood, may be accomplished by a Construction,combinationand operative association of -parts, such as is disclosed bythe drawings which accompany 'and which form a part of thisspecification.

In the drawings:-'- I Figura 1 is a perspective view of a buildingillustrating the improvement in applied position thereon.

Figures 2, 3 and 4 are plan views illustrating diferent positions whichthe blind may be caused to assume with respect to the window casing. v

Figure 5 is an approximately central vertical longitudinal sectional tview through the su porting means for the blind, a portion ol thebuilding and a portion of the blind being also in section.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates aportion of, a building having the usual openings for the doors andwindows, one of the window casings being illustrated and indicated bythe numeral 2. On the exterior of the building 1, below the sill of thecasing 2, I secure the flat body portion of a bracket 3. The bracket hasat its upper 'edge a centrally arranged outstanding ear 4 that may beprovided with an upstanding threaded pintle 5. The pintle 5 passesthrough an' opening in the headed end of an arm 7, and a winged nut 6 isscrewed on the pivot to exert a' bindin action between the arm andbracket. -he arm 7 is received in a socket 8, a binding element such asa screw 9 passing through one side of the socket and Contacting with oneof the edges of the arm, whereby the socket is adjustably Secured on thearm. The socket has formed on its upper face an L-shaped extension, thevertical element of which being indicated by the numeral 10, and thehorizontal element by the numeral 11. The angle or L-shaped member ofthe socket has its longitudinal branch or arm 11 projected a suitabledistance beyond the end of the socket, and the said end of the arm isformed with an enlargement in the nature of a head 12. On the head 12there rests the head portion 13 of an arm 14:, a suitable pivot 15passing through the heads 12 and 13, the same being threaded and engagedby a binding element 16 which Contacts with the head 13. The arm 14 hasits free end provided with a head which is arranged right angularly withrespect to its head 13, the referred to head being, for distinction,indicated by the numeral17, and is received between cars 18 on spacedplates 19 Secured by means 20 to a flat body member in the nature of ablind 21. The blind 21 is of a size approximately eq ualling that of thelower sash 22 in the window casing 2, but may, of course, be of agreater length than the height of the said' sash. There is passedthrough the cars 18 on the plates 19, and through the head 17 ofthe arm14 a pivot member 23 which is threaded and which is engaged by a bindinelementsuc'h as a winged nut 2 1.

ith my imprdvement, as illustrated in' Figure 1 of the drawings, thelower sash.

22 may be completely covered by the blind 21, thus obstructing visionfrom the exteriorof the building, the blind 21, however, being suitablyspaced away from contact with thesash 20 as to permit of the entrance ofair into the room. As disclosed in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings, theblind 21 may be arranged at difl'erent Vertical angles ,so as to directair Currents into the room from either side of the window casing, whilein Figure 4 of the drawings, it will be seen i that the blind may beswung outwardly to a horizontal position with respect *to the buildingso that the said blind can serve as a shelf or table. The bindingelement for the threaded pintles employed are preferably in the natureof winged nuts, so that the same can be easily adjusted. The angle armcarrying socket 8, being adjustable upon the arm 7 can be so positionedthat the blind 21 may be arranged tightly against the window casing orat a suitable distance therefrom. The blind can be swung to arrange thesame at a downward angle with respect to the window casing so that thesaid blind will serve as a shed for `'water in rainy seasons, and it isthought that the foregoing description, when taken in connection withthe drawings will fully set forth the construction, 'operation andadvantages of the improvement to those skilled in the art to which suchinventions relate.

Having described the invention, I claim The combination, in a Windowattachment, for the purpose set forth, of a bracket Secured to abuilding adjacent to a window casing, an arm' pivotally Secured to thebracket, binding means between the arm and bracket, a socket slidable onthe arm, binding means between the socket and arm, said socket carryingan upwardly projected member which` terminates in a longitudinalportion, an arm pivotally supported on said longitudinal portion,binding means therefor, a fiat plate comprising a blind, a hingedconnection between the blind and the last mentioned arm, and bindingmeans between said hinged connection and said arm.

In testimony whereof I affix' my signature.

JOE H. WOOD.

